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(61), box 13 (60), box 23 (60), read 2011 (60), tbb (60), martial arts (60), read 2007 (59), box 26 (59), box 10 (58), box 42 (58), box 52 (58), box 21 (58), box 02 (57), box 55 (57), box 29 (57), box 38 (56), box 36 (56), comic books (56), box 22 (55), box 31 (55), horror (55), box 49 (53), read 2010 (50), box 20 (49), box 05 (49), finance/investing (48), British Library Crime Classics (48), read 2009 (47), read in 2023 (47), malazan (45), assassins (44), vampires (44), box 47 (43), read in 2022 (43), goldsboro (42), historical fantasy (38), read 2020 (38), read in 2021 (36), australian mystery (35), swedish mystery (35), adventure (34), read 2019 (34), liaden universe (33), illumicrate (33), women of sundry hues (33), norwegian mystery (33), fantasy collections (32), super-powers (32), science fiction collections (31), noir (31), read 2016 (30), south african mystery (29), history (29), read 2014 (28), 2642 (28), the avenger (27), read 2017 (26), remainder mark (25), milo march (25), high adventure for adults (24), french mystery (23), sports (23), norse (23), irish mystery (23), subterranean press (22), reference (22), new zealand fantasy (22), australian science fiction (22), russian mystery (21), teen fantasy (21), doodled (21), canadian science fiction (21), repairman jack (20), sfbc (20), polish fantasy (19), limited edition (19), japanese mystery (18), stamped (18), signed bookplate (17), just speculation (17), american mystery classics (17), read 2018 (17), biography (16), read 2015 (16), fantasy collection (16), mystery collections (16), scottish mystery (15), fairyloot (15), crime (15), the shadow (15), graphic novels (15), george abercrombie fox (14), amos walker (14), signed by Joe R. Lansdale (14), nautical (14), limited edition 1444/1500 (13), commander george gideon (13), re-read 2012 (13), jim hardman (12), the phantom (12), science fiction collection (12), hump evans (12), humor (12), german mystery (12), parker (12), matt helm (12), french fantasy (12), joe gall (12), fiction anthologies (12), art (11), weird westerns (11), re-read 2013 (11), western fantasy (11), spanish mystery (11), arc finished copy (11), johnny fedora (11), the wife's (10), baseball (10), Ed Brubaker (10), icelandic mystery (10), danish mystery (10), uk first/first (10), drake (10), marvel (10), WW II (10), western porn (10), shell scott (10), western anthologies (10), finnish science fiction (10), harry hole (10), post-apocalyptic (10), fantasy omnibus (9), indian fantasy (9), personalized (9), hitman (9), carl wilcox (9), western (9), limited edition 78/300 (8), chap. book (8), alternate history (8), strip (8), anderida (8), johnny liddell (8), canadian mystery (8), donald lam (7), superheroes (7), bertha cool (7), uk fantasy collection (7), wild cards (7), spoof (7), quarry (7), sean duffy (7), southern mystery (7), mark hood (7), business/management (7), stock trading (7), Laura Lippman (7), operator #5 (7), finished copy (7), signed limited edition (7), the broken binding (7), shaft (7), netherlands mystery (7), john craig (7), spanish fiction (7), russian fantasy (7), tennis (7), limited edition 247/300 (7), ya (6), mystery collection (6), limited edition 47/500 (6), signed by Gregory Benford (6), asian (6), limited edition 185/350 (6), dutch mystery (6), zimbabwean fantasy (6), bernie gunther (6), B&N holiday edition (6), french espionage (6), Gary Phillips (6), scottish fantasy (6), uk historical fantasy (6), dragon head sketch (6), norse mythology (6), science fantasy (6), uk science fiction collection (6), italian mystery (6), Reed Farrel Coleman (6), romantic crime (6), YA fantasy (6), box (6), science fiction omnibus (6), super-heroes (6), re-read 2010 (6), trace (6), inspector bonaparte (6), investing (6), centipede press (6), highlander (6), world war II (6), hugo bishop (5), nigerian fantasy (5), duplicate Iliad didn't want (5), B (5), slipcase (5)
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Groepen: 50-Something Library Thingers, ARC Junkies, Baker Street and Beyond, Book Care and Repair, Book Collectors, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, British & Irish Crime Fiction, Comics, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Crimespace, Everything Illustration and Comic Art!, FantasyFans, Hardboiled / Noir Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, HMS Surprise, Libertarian Science Fiction, LibraryThing-ers Anonymous, Los Angeles Loves Librarything, Malazan, Modern Collector, Name that Book, New authors first editions, Rare, Old or Offbeat, Scandinavian detectives and thrillers, Science Fiction Fans, Signed books, Tennis, Tennis, Anyone?, Westerns
Lid sinds: May 22, 2006

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Over mijn bibliotheek

Hmm...Library. Possibly a bit ambitious because in my mind it connotes not just books (I have enough of those...wait, what am I saying?), but also a certain setting. You know, the built-in shelves, wheeled ladders on rails, fireplace, over-stuffed chair and ottoman, dog, etc. Not particularly original, I know, but it's my idea of how a library should look and what I want for myself, someday (except for the dog; frankly, I'd rather have a cat).

As far as what my library contains, well, it's comprised of about 2/3 mass market fiction and 1/3 trade paper and hardcover fiction, with the occasional business/investment tome thrown in so I can learn just how much money I would have had if not for an irrational need to own books. I've been buying more and more hardcover books the last few years as I've become a more serious "hyper-modern" book collector.

Also, under the "follow the flag" theory of book collecting, the tags for my books reflect--to the best of my knowledge--an author's country of citizenship/birth, rather than the setting of any particular story or series, or the country where the book was published. If there's no country specified, then the author should be American (assuming I didn't screw up or just forget to check, which are strong possibilities). If you spot an error in my tags (or anywhere else, for that matter), feel free to drop me a note, if you have a moment to spare.

***Update 8/02/09***

Collections is now upon us and it is not exactly what I was hoping it would be. You see, I used to be quite adamant that LT should be about books, and nothing but books. And those books should be owned by an individual or family on LT, rather than an entity, and above all else, those books should be real! But, over the last 3 years (wherein I actually set foot inside a county library and realized modern libraries now contain music, movies, magazines, newspapers and probably more) my conception of what an LT library may contain has expanded to envelop pretty much all printed matter, as well as music, movies and their related ephemera. So, in the spirit of Collections and more expansive libraries, I will be adding CD's and DVD's to LT and I've already begun adding my comic collection. However, there will be no wish lists from me as there does not yet seem to be a way to keep imaginary items from counting toward one's overall library size on the Zeitgeist list, which remains my largest area of dissatisfaction with Collections.

***Update Redux 6/5/10***

Well, individual entry of comics on LT is quite the time consuming task, so I'm slowly adding titles to comicbookdb.com with the intention of importing them here at a later date. However, while comicbookdb is much faster, it's still a dauntingly slow task to enter everything and I've decided to put that on the back burner until I've tagged the whereabouts of all my mass market paperbacks in their respective boxes (23 of around 50 boxes done). DVD's and CD's will come after everything readable has been entered (I fully expect them to be obsolete technology by the time I get to them, heh).

Just a fun fact: On September 15, 2012, I had 7,777 books, of which 777 were signed; kinda wish I could freeze the library right there...

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Over mij

Age: 56

Status: Married for 25 years.

Children: None. Zero. My books are my babies and I never have to change their diapers (just a fresh Brodart every so often).

Username: From an Arnold Lobel "poem" called "Books to the Ceiling." I wanted to use "outsideofadog" from the famous Groucho Marx saying, but some 7 book FA'er (Free Accounter) nabbed it 20 days before I thought of it. Can I get a "20 days!" repetition in an imitation Chris Rock falsetto to express my disgust? Thank you.

Books: Mostly science fiction/fantasy, but I've added quite a few mysteries and a smattering of espionage and historical fiction over the last decade+. I also have a fair number of western titles, although I don't have nearly the number I used to. My favorite type of story would probably be the "mystery in a science fiction setting" a la Jack McDevitt, Larry Niven (Gil the arm), Peter F. Hamilton or Richard Morgan, just to name a few.

Favorite Authors: Fairly lengthy list comprised of authors read "recently" and authors I haven't read in many years. Some of the older authors may not make the cut if I were to re-read their books today, but I have fond memories of their writings, so on the list they go. Also, even though an author's body of work may be generally mediocre, if they've got at least one book I truly enjoyed, then that's enough to qualify for the list.

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